Huon on the internet

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Huon Wilson writes about software engineering, Rust, databases, AI, performance, and mathematical ideas.

Source: https://huonw.github.io/blog/atom.xml

Homepage: https://huonw.github.io/blog

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Gell-Mann AImnesia #AI #Tech #Science
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Apr 21, 2026
Write broken commits for better review #SoftwareEngineering #CodeReview #DevOps
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Apr 17, 2026
Why don't multi-column indices help queries on the second column? #Databases #SoftwareEngineering #Performance
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Mar 23, 2026
Staying engaged with AI plans: give inline feedback #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Productivity
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Feb 5, 2026
magit-insert-worktrees improves status buffers #SoftwareEngineering #Git #Emacs
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Dec 13, 2025
TypeScript strictness is non-monotonic: strict-null-checks and no-implicit-any interact #TypeScript #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Dec 3, 2025
Context privateering: debugging custom instructions like a pirate #SoftwareEngineering #AI #Databases
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Nov 25, 2025
Is that a deprecation? Or is it just removed? #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Tech
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Sep 8, 2025
Convenient 'Copy as cURL': explicit, executable, editable request replays #SoftwareEngineering #Rust #Databases
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Aug 26, 2025
Communicating bugs: use a single standalone shell script #SoftwareEngineering #Reproducibility #BugReporting
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Apr 11, 2025
Take a break: Rust match has fallthrough #Rust #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Mar 5, 2025
Newtons are a unit of mileage #Physics #Engineering #Measurement
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Mar 3, 2025
Prefer tee -a, not >>, in CI #SoftwareEngineering #CI #DevOps
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Feb 13, 2025
Async hazard: mmap is secretly blocking IO #Rust #Async #Programming
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Aug 21, 2024
GitHub tip-hub: habitual permalinks #GitHub #DevTips #SoftwareEngineering
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Jul 24, 2024
10 > 64, in QR codes #QRcodes #Encoding #ComputerScience
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Mar 31, 2024
Mechanical sympathy for QR codes: making NSW check-in better #Tech #Software #AI
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Oct 13, 2021
QR error correction helps and hinders scanning #Tech #SoftwareEngineering #AI
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Sep 28, 2021
The joy of cooking (an app) #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #AppDevelopment
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Aug 30, 2021
Git worktrees and pyenv: developing Python libraries faster #Git #Python #DevTools
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Apr 15, 2020
Myths and Legends about Integer Overflow in Rust #Rust #Programming #Security
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Apr 29, 2016
Memory Leaks are Memory Safe #Rust #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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Apr 4, 2016
Rreverrse Debugging #SoftwareEngineering #Debugging #Tech
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Oct 27, 2015
simple_parallel 0.3: Revisiting k-NN #SoftwareEngineering #AI #Databases
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Oct 24, 2015
SIMD in Rust #Rust #Programming #Performance
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Aug 24, 2015
What is SIMD? #SIMD #Performance #Programming
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Jul 10, 2015
travis-cargo 0.1.3: --no-sudo #Rust #DevOps #Programming
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Jun 30, 2015
Announcing Primal: Putting Raw Power Into Prime Numbers #PrimeNumbers #Software #Mathematics
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Jun 8, 2015
Defaulting to Thread-Safety: Closures and Concurrency #Rust #Concurrency #Programming
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May 26, 2015
Rust 1.0 in Numbers #Rust #Programming #OpenSource
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May 20, 2015
Finding Closure in Rust #Rust #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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May 8, 2015
Where Self Meets Sized: Revisiting Object Safety #Rust #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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May 6, 2015
Travis on the train, part 2 #SoftwareEngineering #AI #Databases
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May 1, 2015
Helping Travis catch the rustc train #Rust #SoftwareEngineering #OpenSource
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Apr 28, 2015
Little libraries #Community #Books #Sharing
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Apr 27, 2015
Rust infrastructure can be your infrastructure #RustLang #SoftwareEngineering #OpenSource
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Mar 17, 2015
Some notes on Send and Sync #Rust #Programming #Concurrency
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Feb 20, 2015
Rust Sydney's first meetup: trip report #RustLang #Community #Meetup
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Feb 14, 2015
Object Safety #Rust #Programming #SoftwareEngineering
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